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Performance Enhancement essay 2
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... Ergogenic Aids: Gene Doping The various ways by which performance can be improved are known as Ergogenic Aids. Ergogenic Aids may directly influence the physiological capacity of a particular body system thereby improving performance. They can also remove psychological constraints which impact performance and also increase the speed of recovery from training and competition. Ergogenic aids fall into the following categories: * Mechanical Aids * Pharmacological Aids * Physiological Aids * Nutritional Aids * Psychological Aids Over the years those as sports have become more competitive and have developed rapidly the IOC have updated they list of banned substances and doping methods that generally most sporting governing bodies have accepted. Gene doping is defined by the WADA as "the non-therapeutic use of cells, genes, genetic elements, or of the modulation of gene expression, having the capacity to improve athletic performance". With gene doping, a person's genetic makeup is actually changed by injecting genes into













